Action on the ground

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Conservation based on sound knowledge helps prevent extinction and improve species population levels. Interventions including species recovery programmes, establishment of protected areas and control of invasive species are essential for conservation programmes to succeed.

IUCN, with partners, is supporting on the ground conservation with two funding mechanisms:

Photo: ASAP
The Asian Species Action Partnership (ASAP) is an interagency coalition to address the extinction risk among the most threatened land and freshwater vertebrates of Southeast Asia. ASAP consists of Partner organisations – such as NGOs, donors, researchers and government agencies – who are interested in implementing and / or funding conservation for ASAP species.

Photo: Susie Ellis IRFSumatran Rhino Rescue is a ground-breaking alliance between IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC), National Geographic Society, World Wildlife Fund, International Rhino Foundation, Global Wildlife Conservation and the Government of Indonesia to save the Critically Endangered Sumatran rhino from imminent extinction.